Comment on What would a 3rd person shooter equivalent be to "Boomer Shooters"
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 9 hours agoI don’t consider Tomb Raider to be a shooter. To me this is an Action Adventure with exploration and solving puzzle and platforming as the main focus. There is a game mechanic of a shooter involved, but that doesn’t classify it as a shooter game to me. It only looks like a shooter on the surface level at first glance.
It’s like saying GTA 5 is a racing game, because it has cars in it. And there are even racing events. But that is not the genre. This is what I’m considering of why the original Tomb Raider series isn’t a shooter.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 hours ago
Considering most TPS games are action adventure games at their core, like The Last of Us, Uncharted, and modern Tomb Raider, I’d say that’s a pretty arbitray and weird way to think of it. They don’t all have to be Gears of War.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
I’d say considering Tomb Raider, Uncharted and The Last of Us to be a shooter is a weird thing. Especially so when we talk about a thread where we compare it to Boomer Shooters, where the shooting element is the main genre.
Otherwise with your weird of thinking GTA 5 is a racing game and Final Fantasy 7 Remake is an action game, not an RPG.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 hours ago
Honestly, I don’t really think the original FF7 (or any FF for that matter) is much of an RPG in the first place. The only thing it actually shares in common with the genre is turn based battles and leveling up to get stronger. They’re closer to a visual novel than a true role-playing game.
But that’s what they are called by their developers.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 9 hours ago
And you call me arbitrary and weird way of thinking.